We live in an unequal society where inequality is increasing in many areas, especially regarding income and wealth. The differences in living conditions for different groups, in terms of class, ethnicity, and gender, are unacceptably large. In the world of education, family background still has a significant impact on pupils’ performance, and it becomes even […]
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Pressure is mounting against Israel in the U.S. and around the world. Will it mean anything on the ground in Palestine?
The post The Week the World Woke Up to the Genocide in Gaza appeared first on The Intercept.
On the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a trove of military and presidential admissions dismantles the myth of necessity.
The post 80 Years of Lies: The US Finally Admits It Knew It Didn’t Need to Bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki appeared first on MintPress News.
The march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge show the scale of support for action on Gaza. There is growing pressure on Anthony Albanese.
The post Bridge march shows tide has turned against Israel and Albanese first appeared on Solidarity Online.
The UK, France and Canada have all announced plans to recognise a Palestinian state in September at a meeting of the UN General Assembly.
The post Recognising Palestine won’t stop Israeli terror first appeared on Solidarity Online.
NSW Labor Premier Minns tried to stop the Harbour Bridge march, saying it would cause Sydney to “descend into chaos” and risk public safety.
The post Harbour Bridge march defies threats against Palestine protests first appeared on Solidarity Online.
In a major about-face, Creative Australia has reinstated artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino as representatives of Australia at the 2026 Venice Biennale.
The post Artists’ protests win Khaled Sabsabi’s reinstatement first appeared on Solidarity Online.
The two-day strike in Queensland following the High Court decision upholding Administration was fantastic. But with no similar response anywhere else in the country the Administration has moved quickly to tighten its grip on the union.
The post Administration tightens grip but it’s not too late to defend the CFMEU first appeared on Solidarity Online.
NT Coroner Elizabeth Armitage’s report lays bare the “entrenched, systemic and structural racism” at the heart of the NT Police including “normalised” usage of racist, violent language that paints Aboriginal people as subhuman.
The post Kumanjayi Walker inquest exposes systemic racism in NT police first appeared on Solidarity Online.
On Wednesday 30 July, more than 100 ANU students marched against the university’s proposed Renew ANU cuts.
The post ANU fights back against savage cuts to jobs and courses first appeared on Solidarity Online.
A toxic algal bloom twice the size of the ACT is causing apocalyptic scenes in South Australia. Since March, the algal bloom is estimated to have killed almost 14,000 marine animals from more than 400 species.
The post South Australian toxic algae another climate disaster first appeared on Solidarity Online.
This year’s instalment of the Talisman Sabre war games was the largest yet—designed to send a message to China about growing preparations for war.
The post Talisman Sabre exercises in Australia’s north prepare for war on China first appeared on Solidarity Online.
On 25 July, young Egyptians launched a courageous action in solidarity with Gaza, exposing the appalling complicity of Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s dictatorship in Israel’s genocide.
The post Protest at security headquarters in Egypt shows rage over Gaza betrayal first appeared on Solidarity Online.
We didn’t always have a straightforward strategy for peacekeeping. Our top brass spent day and night working it out. We ordered lunch for the office and called to say we’d be home late or not at all. We assumed the remedy we were searching for would be full of complexities—minutiae that’d make even the most obsessive bean counter’s head spin. We ran simulation after simulation, but all our spurious theories came out in the wash.
In the end, we decluttered the old ways of thinking. Scratched out the chalkboard full of ideas. The answer had been in front of our eyes the whole time. It was straightforward. Elegant. Like a perfect mathematical proof. Our plan for peace was simple: Kill everyone.
The problem, we reasoned, was that when it came to any conflict (and especially our conflict), people were the constant. People, our experts argued, are what all violence has ever had in common. Remove them from the equation, and what remains? A light breeze. A bird call. The sound of rushing water.
Should it be possible to own an idea? The debate around intellectual property has deep roots in the history of philosophy
- by Aeon Video
Immerse yourself in nostalgia with this filmmaker’s lyrical elegy for the house his family called home for 30 years
- Directed by Damian Gascoigne
Taking a difficult experience and inspecting its elements might help us feel better about it
- by Matt Huston
A tale of three decades and 4.3 million butterflies
The post What a Massive Butterfly Count Reveals appeared first on Nautilus.
6 projects to volunteer for community science to study butterfly populations
The post How to Count Butterflies appeared first on Nautilus.
How dogs exploit the indecision of sheep
The post The Magic of Herding appeared first on Nautilus.
On the 80th Anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and as Japan's far-right surges, author Iain MacGregor reflects on what Japan must never forget
When a liberal society faces the question of granting special privileges, immunities, and political autonomy to one cultural group … it cannot compromise on fundamental human rights. Furthermore, those who understand liberal democracy as itself a way of life grounded in a distinct moral faith cannot in good conscience agree to allow schools or the government […]
Fujio Torikoshi was 14 years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, 80 years ago today. He was eating breakfast with his mother when he heard a rumbling and stepped outside into the front garden. All he could see was a black dot in the sky, when it suddenly burst outwards to fill […]